“She says there are more important things than what one wears.”
“What a stupid thing to say!  Of course there are, but not when one is dressing for dinner!”
– Georgette Heyer, Sophy

For some reason, probably because I had a taxing night, woke up this morning late, flew into work without makeup, and have truly mad hair, I’ve been looking at things that cheer me up.  Be forewarned, most of them are trivial.

Fall/Winter fashionis a big one, I cannot lie.  Lots of people look their best with summer bronzedskin, tight T-shirts, and shorts.  I am not one of them.  I am a petite brunette with pale, pale skin who looks more moderately adorable in sweaters instead of bikinis.  So, to kick off the first weekend of cold weather, I spent an enjoyable evening not to long ago dragging my cold-weather treasures out of storage and loving folding cardigans, lining up boots, and airing out trousers.  And of course, making a list of things I had to buy.  I rewarded myself for my first working girl’s paycheck by getting a new coat from Nordstroms and check it out!  It’s on sale and comes in 8 colors, my choice was red (of course), and it makes me look a lot thinner and taller than I actually am – lust at first sight.

Along with fashion, I have to bring up OPI’s new La Collection de France color line.  Dark polish is my dark love. 

My current color is this one, Suzi Says Da! from the Russia collection, but I’m not above switching, vive la revolution!

Another cheerful thought, and much less trivial than What to Wear is the freelance work I’ve done recently.  It’s been a bit rough with a full time job, I do my best to get interviews on my lunch break, but it’s a step in the direction that I really want to go.  If you want to read my first two articles, go to the National Wildlife Federation’s Campus Ecology site http://www.nwf.org/campusecology/ and look up Butte College’s solar array, and Rowan University’s cogen plant.  My articles came out the 30th and 16th of September, respectively.  I just finished my third and am hard at work on my fourth!  Et alors, I’m an writer!  If the muses ever see fit to inspire me I may try my hand at a novel here soon, not the Great American one perhaps, but entertaining nonetheless.

Another bright spot on the horizon is the rapidly approaching end of the two year circus of the presidential election.  I like a good debate as much as the next girl, and have followed the election the whole time.  Yes, I’m even 90% certain of who I’m voting for.  But that doesn’t mean that I’m not royally sick of it all.  If I could make election day tomorrow just to get on with it I would…

…then again if I had that sort of power, I’m sure I’d abuse it and make people vote for me instead.